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  2. Bishop (chess) - Wikipedia

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    The bishop has access to only half of the squares on the board, whereas all squares of the board are accessible to the rook. When unobstructed, a rook attacks fourteen squares regardless of position, whereas a bishop attacks no more than thirteen (from one of four center squares) and sometimes as few as seven (from sides and corners).

  3. Bishop's Opening - Wikipedia

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    The Bishop's Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: . 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4. White attacks Black's f7-square and prevents Black from advancing the d-pawn to d5. By ignoring the beginner's maxim "develop knights before bishops", White leaves their f-pawn unblocked, preserving the possibility of f2–f4.

  4. Italian Game - Wikipedia

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    The Italian Game is a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4. This opening is defined by the development of the white bishop to c4 (the so-called "Italian bishop "), where it attacks Black's vulnerable f7-square. It is part of the large family of Open Games or Double King's Pawn Games.

  5. Shogi opening - Wikipedia

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    Both players are using a Static Rook opening against each other in which the rook (飛) attacks along its starting files (file 2 and file 8). This particular popular opening is known as Bishop Exchange since the bishops have been exchanged off the board so that both players have their bishop in hand for dropping at strategic places later in the game.

  6. Chess - Wikipedia

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    Chess is a board game for two players. ... being unable to escape attack by the bishop on f3. ... and video lessons. [118]

  7. Barca (board game) - Wikipedia

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    Barca is a two-player strategy board game invented by Andrew Caldwell. [1] It is played on a 10x10 checkerboard with three types of animal playing-pieces that move like the queen, bishop and rook in chess.

  8. Fishing Pole (chess) - Wikipedia

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    The Fishing Pole is a chess opening trap most common in the Ruy Lopez (especially in the Berlin Defence and Exchange Variations), however, the trap can be used in any opening or in the middle of the game. Its broadest definition is a move that sacrifices a knight or bishop on the g-file to open up the h-file, after the opponent king has short ...

  9. Hodgson Attack - Wikipedia

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    White's aim is to provoke weaknesses in the kingside position while it engages the bishop. [1] Modern Chess Openings considers the line a variation of the Trompowsky Attack, although that term is usually reserved for the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5. The Encyclopedia of Chess Openings covers 2.Bg5 in chapter D00. [2]